Embed GIF Image in XML

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C# sample code showing how to embed a GIF image (or any binary content) in an XML document.

// Add a GIF image to the Chilkat company record.
private void AddGif_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
	Chilkat.Xml xml = new Chilkat.Xml();
	xml.LoadXmlFile("companies.xml");

	// Quickly locate the Chilkat record.
	// This updates the internal reference to point
	// to the record that was found.
	bool zipFlag = false;
	bool aesEncryptFlag = false;
	string password = "";	// Not used because aesEncryptFlag is false.

	if (xml.SearchForContent2(null,"name","Chilkat*"))
	{
		// Move up to the record level.
		xml.GetParent2();

		Chilkat.Xml gifNode = xml.NewChild("gif_image","");
		// The data can be optionally Zip compressed and/or AES encrypted.
		gifNode.SetBinaryContentFromFile("dude.gif",zipFlag,aesEncryptFlag,password);
	}

	// Save the XML with the embedded GIF.
	xml.GetRoot2();
	xml.SaveXml("embeddedGif.xml");

	// This code extracts the GIF image from the XML
	Chilkat.Xml xml2 = new Chilkat.Xml();
	xml2.LoadXmlFile("embeddedGif.xml");
	xml2.SearchForTag2(null,"gif_image");
	xml2.SaveBinaryContent("dude2.gif",zipFlag,aesEncryptFlag,password);
	
}